ExpressVPN CIO Daniel Gericke, as first reported Tuesday by Reuters, is a former US intelligence operative and one of the three members of Project Raven who worked as mercenary hackers for the United Arab Emirates, helping it spy on its enemies. ExpressVPN said its trust in Gericke "remains strong."
The agreement comes a day after ExpressVPN announced it had been sold as part of a $936 million deal to former adware distributors Kape Technologies, a company cofounded by an ex-Israeli surveillance agent and a billionaire previously convicted of insider trading.
At the behest of the UAE’s monarchy, the Project Raven team hacked into the accounts of human rights activists, journalists and rival governments, Reuters reported.
